The Matter of Chance

New York: Cambridge University Press. Edited by D. H. Mellor (1971)
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This book deals not so much with statistical methods as with the central concept of chance, or statistical probability, which statistical theories apply to nature.

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2004

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BC141.M43 2004

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0521615984   9780521615983   0521081947

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10.2307/2217745
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